The Book of Names: A Novel

by Jill Gregory, Karen Tintori Narrated by Christopher Graybill

Overview

When a childhood tragedy comes back to haunt Professor David Shepherd, he finds himself in possession of knowledge that holds the world in a delicate balance. He uncovers the Book of Names-an ancient text originating with the biblical Adam, and thought lost to history forever. By Kabbalistic tradition, the book contains the names of each generation's thirty-six righteous souls-the Hidden Ones-by whose merits alone the world continues to exist. Legend holds that if all thirty-six Hidden Ones were eliminated, the world would meet its end.

When the Hidden Ones start dying of unnatural causes, the world grows increasingly unstable: war in Afghanistan, massive flooding in New York, brutal terrorist attacks in Melbourne, a tanker explosion in Iran. David finds himself battling against the Gnoseos, a secret religious sect whose goal is to destroy the world by eliminating all of the righteous souls. David's involvement quickly turns personal when his stepdaughter's name is discovered to be one of the endangered. With the help of a brilliant and beautiful Israeli ancient texts expert, David races to decipher the traditions of the Kabbalah to save the righteous souls, his stepdaughter, and perhaps the world.

Editorial Reviews

APR/ MAY 07 - AudioFile

A complicated international doomsday scenario is capably read by Christopher Graybill, who easily handles accents from Yiddish to African to Italian. David, a Jewish professor, has the key to a plot by the evil Dark Angels to kill off all the world's good people and then repopulate the earth in their own images. David's efforts to stop the angels end in a tumultuous scene in an underground cavern near London. Graybill gives the fast and furious action a rousing pace while keeping control of a complicated plot that has elements of science fiction, mysticism, and allusions to Noah's Ark. An interview with the authors completes the package. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

APR/MAY 07 - AudioFile

A complicated international doomsday scenario is capably read by Christopher Graybill, who easily handles accents from Yiddish to African to Italian. David, a Jewish professor, has the key to a plot by the evil Dark Angels to kill off all the world's good people and then repopulate the earth in their own images. David's efforts to stop the angels end in a tumultuous scene in an underground cavern near London. Graybill gives the fast and furious action a rousing pace while keeping control of a complicated plot that has elements of science fiction, mysticism, and allusions to Noah's Ark. An interview with the authors completes the package. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172668432
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	01/09/2007
Edition description:	Unabridged

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